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Jeff Merkley: “Promoting human rights is a longstanding bipartisan pillar of American foreign policy, essential not only to our foreign…”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
Promoting human rights is a longstanding bipartisan pillar of American foreign policy, essential not only to our foreign policy, but to who we are as Americans.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley emphasizes the importance of human rights in U.S. foreign policy.

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